public void MergeWith(MarkupElement element)
{
//element cannot be a text node!
if (element is MarkupTextElement) {
throw new Exception("Unable to merge with a text element!");
}
//merge the elements attributes
MergeWith(element.Attributes);
//add all of the elements children
IEnumerator<Node> children = element.Children.GetEnumerator();
while (children.MoveNext()) {
element.AddChild(children.Current);
}
//clean up
children.Dispose();
}